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mazes 1 of 2

noun

plural of maze

as in labyrinths

a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages the mansion had a beautifully landscaped maze that was constructed of tall cypresses

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as in fogs

chiefly dialect a state of mental uncertainty she's been walking around in a maze ever since her husband walked out on her

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mazes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of maze

as in puzzles

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty I'm completely mazed by the multitude of plans for health insurance

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Their sodden footprint mazes cropped up then disappeared across the cement. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 There will also be mazes inspired by Sinners, Stranger Things, Evil Dead Burn, Hellraiser, and the legacy of Ozzy Osbourne. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 In corporate contexts, deals fall apart when payments get stuck in regulatory mazes or take too long to convert into foreign currency. — Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 For more than a decade, Slash has been contributing soundtracks for Horror Nights mazes — including Clowns 3D, Universal Monsters, Bride of Frankenstein and Scarecrow. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2026 With their billowing sails, teakwood decks and mazes of ropes and rigging, ships like Eagle draw throngs of visitors hoping to get a glimpse of the past. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 July 2026 To test that, the final group completed cognitively demanding games such as mazes and shape puzzles called tangrams that contained no academic content. — Supreet Kaur, Scientific American, 10 June 2026 Led by Professor Guo Bin, the research team drew inspiration from how mice navigate mazes. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026 These caverns can extend for hundreds of miles, dangerous, otherworldly mazes unlike anywhere else on Earth. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 May 2026

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Noun

And who knows if, with chef Mario Carbone, part of those labyrinths will be repurposed into wineries for fine wines.

— Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026

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These Companies Are Ready To Cash In Sixsmith argues his firm is unusual in pushing more traders through to genuine live accounts, which is why the reluctance to go there puzzles him.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The pitch can move to either direction of the plate — a profile that still puzzles his teammates and pitch recognition tools.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of puzzles

Noun

In the nearly 3,000 patients who donated their brains to science, the brains of those who took estrogen were less likely to show neurobiological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, such as beta-amyloid plaques or tangles of tau protein.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
An overabundance of the SORLA protein protected against a number of biological processes linked to the formation of tau tangles and progression of neurodegeneration.

— Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2026

Definition of tangles

Verb

Meanwhile, McGrew agreed to adjustments, including adding baffles to reduce sound from a attached generator for the tower and replacing tower fencing that incorporated barbed wire with taller, more natural looking fencing.

— Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Using humane methods like squirrel baffles and tree nets can effectively keep squirrels out of your fruit trees.

— Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 18 June 2026

Definition of baffles

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Any adversary who confuses media noise with American weakness will discover the truth the hard way.

— Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
These opportunists drown out the core mission, creating a cacophony of competing voices that confuses donors, crowd the inboxes of CEOs and members of Congress with colliding petitions, and paralyzes meaningful action by draining critical funding and attention away from the truly effective groups.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026

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